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AP US History
Unit 5
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AP US History Unit 5 Vocabulary
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Unit 5 – Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848–1877
Topics
5.1 Context
5.2 Manifest Destiny
5.3 The Mexican–American War
5.4 The Compromise of 1850
5.5 Sectional Conflict
5.6 Failure of Compromise
5.7 Election of 1860 and Secession
5.8 Military Conflict in the Civil War
5.9 Government Policies during the Civil War
5.10 Reconstruction
5.11 Failure of Reconstruction
5.12 Comparison in Period 5, 1844-1877
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